Who hasn't heard the astronomical projections of how much financially we need in order to walk out of the office and into a new life? Well, I'm here to tell you, it ain't necessarily so! Here's how a smaller financial base can work when we apply the principle of due diligence analysis long before retirement.

Maybe we're still looking for the idea that will make EVs really take off. I've put together a few of the best ideas around electric cars that we've received on Planet Forward that could help transform EVs in 2012.